Jessica Corrales-Duarte (left) is in ICE custody at Eloy Detention Center, according to her lawyer and public federal records. Courtesy photo Jessica Corrales-Duarte misses her daughters. The 32-year-old Tucson resident has been in ICE custody for the past six months, according to her lawyer, Catherine Austin. “The girls have major milestones of girlhood that she has missed, and the girls have not had their mother,” Austin told AZPM Thursday. Austin said Corrales-Duarte’s detainment stems from something that had happened months prior. In 2025, the Pima County Attorney’s Office filed three shoplifting charges against Corrales-Duarte, along with one charge of theft. She was released from custody pending trial at Pima County Superior Court, court documents show. Then, in January, Corrales-Duarte was leaving her home for her waitressing job when ICE detained her, Austin said. “They take her into custody right there and inform her that because of this arrest, her DACA has been canceled, and therefore she's going to be treated as an undocumented person,” Austin added. AZPM initially requested a comment from ICE regarding Corrales-Duarte’s detainment shortly after 2 pm Thursday afternoon with a 5 pm deadline. A spokesperson provided the following statement: “When media refuses to give realistic deadlines on nonbreaking news, it makes it impossible to provide details on specific cases or verify that the people even exist. Readers should recognize this is a one-sided story.” AZPM verified that Corrales-Duarte is in ICE custody at Eloy Detention Center through the agency’s Online Detainee Locator System. Austin, a criminal defense attorney, is representing Corrales-Duarte for her shoplifting case with Pima County Superior Court. Corrales-Duarte has a hearing scheduled for the case on Friday. But, Austin said, Corrales-Duarte can’t appear in person in Pima County Superior Court, because she remains detained in Eloy. What’s more, Austin pointed out, Corrales-Duarte is set to go on trial for the shoplifting charges on June 23. “Jessica has a constitutional right to confront her accuser. She has a constitutional right to be present at her trial,” Austin said. Austin said she’s been trying to work with the Pima County Attorney’s Office — who filed the shoplifting charges — “just to get (Corrales-Duarte) out of ICE custody, so that the prosecution can move forward.” The Pima County Attorney’s Office provided the following statement regarding the case: "Once again federal immigration authorities appear to be interfering with the proper resolution of a state criminal case. As we have proven, we don't tolerate this federal administration interfering with our ability to seek justice for victims and appropriate resolutions for defendants. As this is a pending case, we will update as the rules allow us to, down the road.”